Protected or Imprisoned

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2 Corinthians 1:9
Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead,

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If you wanted to summarise the fall of mankind there is no better summary than these words: trust in ourselves.

​You will recall that the Hebrew word picture for trust is: inside the fence. We know from our studies around this word that the fence is the blood sacrifice of Yeshua.

So, the question is: what does this fence look like when we trust in ourselves?

Trust in ourselves is actually the enemies counterfeit of living inside the blood sacrifice of Yeshua.

The palings that make up the fence of trust in ourselves are:

• the lust of the eyes


• the lust of the flesh


• the pride of life.

Beware the counterfeit because it is actually a prison!!!